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...commented upon the ill-organized and poorly paid instruction of the freshman year at Harvard. And even if the faculty does intend soon to remodel and raise the standard of our freshman course, that is no reason why it should be left so much at loose ends for the present. Although a fine-arts building and new dormitories would be acquisitions greatly to be desired, such things are by no means the chief aims of a genuine university, which is always an association of scholars primarily and only secondarily an association of buildings; and the lack of such material advantages...
...following are the names and present weights of the candidates for the university and class crews. When the candidates are in bard training, a man's weight may vary several pounds each week, so the weights appended may not be absolutely right, but they are as nearly correct as it is possible to obtain them from the most authentic sources...
Voted, That in the opinion of the board, compliance with the above requests will not necessitate the slightest deterioration in the present excellent quality of board, as the fixed expenses of running the hall would then be divided among a large number of members, and give more money for the purchase of provisions...
...base-ball season is rapidly approaching, a few extracts from the rules adopted by the Intercollegiate Association, last December, may be of interest to our readers: "In the first place, the membership at present is limited to the clubs of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Amherst, Dartmouth, and Brown; and a unanimous vote of all these clubs is necessary to elect new members of the association. The annual fee for membership is fifteen dollars. In regard to the rule governing the membership of college club nines the constitution provides that 'Any student who has been pursuing a course of study through...
...prominent middler has made a discovery in Greek. He has found a present condition in past time...